26 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
1
A jumble of civic anecdotes and commentary recounts a woman with a red tablecloth halting a near wreck of a Chicago and West Michigan train near Grand Rapids, the heroism of a Montreal telegraph operator, a New Jersey trolley incident, and satirical items about barbers and public virtue.
In the Washington Star account a young woman on a streetcar hones in on two bell sounds from the conductor. She marks passages in a paperback while a cranky gentleman and an old man respond to the scene. The conductor notes the car number as she exits, remarking that someone would notice the bell difference.
Rafe Bronson driving trash into the river near Tiinois Central encounters Capt. New Roberts at the bottoms. A Winchester bullet grazes Rufe in the forehead. he reports the pain but continues working. The incident is recounted to a Padneah News reporter with local details.
The Chicago Tribune describes a watch that runs without winding by using a tiny weight and ratchet mechanism powered by the wearer’s daily half mile walk. In plain black cases or ornate ones, the device winds automatically as needed, relying on daily movement to keep the spring taut.
A blacksmith Temeyidoi in a Tomsk area village forcibly tied his unfaithful wife by the hair and killed her with specially made iron shoes. Villagers rescued her, and he was imprisoned for two days then released by authorities. The report also notes a soap dish invention and Wesley Dorsey named as heir to Peter Shaffer with $170000.
The Kansas Populists nominate W. A. Harris a Virginian and former Confederate officer as United States senator to succeed Peffer. Harris, a civil engineer and prominent farmer stockman in Leavenworth County, is praised as conservative and reliable with western interests in mind.
A public notice states wolves in Yellowstone National Park are numerous and fierce, leaving game scarce and forcing restrictions on hunting. The piece emphasizes the wolves’ impact on wildlife and park conditions.
An early piece explains patteran or patria as gypsy trail signs guiding roving groups. It describes forms like turf clods at crossroads and cross marks, branches, sticks, stones, and leaves used to signal directions. Signs varied by region and family, helping travellers stay united.
The article describes torpedo boat Number Six launched from Herreshoff in Bristol Rhode Island, detailing its 126 ton capacity crew of about twenty five bow and two deep tubes for dynamite rifles and guns. It notes sister Number Seven in build and other 132 ton boats in Baltimore and Newport yards. It highlights hazards of torpedo boat service and the need for high speed for sudden attack or retreat with dynamite projectiles.
The narrative details Col. Harris and his wives and children, noting a daughter died after a troubled marriage and a contentious alienation suit with Bernard Murray. It describes the Linwood farm in Leavenworth County, the Union Pacific line, and mentions wildlife issues at a nearby park with wolves, deer, and elk. calls for a grand wolf drive under Capt. Anderson’s authority and potential hunting incentives.
In places where soda water is produced the atmosphere holds over 2 percent carbon dioxide yet this is not harmful. The article notes Brittany is inhabited by the descendants of the original Britons or Bretons.
A detective story crafts a keen hunter who tracks a gypsy desperado using a distinctive pattern, illustrating a classic method of pursuit and deduction in crime fiction.
A Russian imperial watch fashioned by Jules Curzon, a Polish mechanic, from nails, wire, a cracked cup, wood chips, glass, and cribbage pegs. The czar commissioned it, awarded Curzon a pension, and gave him a court position after seven to eight hours of work produced a working timepiece. The case used china and the mechanism from the cup’s odds and ends. It kept good time, needing winding only every few days.
The piece discusses ravens as symbolic figures described as sinister sly melancholy and grim visaged. It cites Dickens and his raven Grip from Barnaby Rudge, noting his raven’s death linked to eating white paint and mentioning another melancholy bird that died from gibier putty indulgence.
The Bourbons Princes August and Charles start a wine business in southern France, explaining in a circular their fall from royal status and intent to work as merchants. Despite evidence of Bourbon lineage, French and European recognition remains limited, with Holland giving them real status.
The United States and Mexico have established 258 stone and iron monuments from the Rio Grande to the Pacific, averaging 2.5 miles apart. The 11 foot stone and 6.5 foot iron markers, mostly in simple shaft form, are within sight of each other. The treaty forbids destruction or displacement as a misdemeanor, with penalties per offender's nationality. A 700 page report by Col. J. W. Bailey and the Engineers was submitted to Secretary Olney, noting the original 1892 treaty and restoring many original markers to settle territorial disputes.
A short dialogue shows Ballingstone asking to borrow a hound for a hunt while Winkumshlye notes Featherbone took the dog after a two day fox hunt at Mudgock. A howl from the woodshed confirms the dog’s location and their suspicion of each other.
Mr Walker remarks that his taste is curious and unusual. Miss de Muir questions whether she is pretty, prompting a pause and reflective reply in Nugget style dialogue.
Amusements note: James ONeill draws larger crowds than ever as he shifts from romantic to tragic roles. The repertoire at McVicker's includes Hamlet Monte Cristo Virginius and The Courier of Lyons with matinee souvenir showings planned after high demand.
The Schiller Theatre will feature Robert Hilliard and company in a Van Bibber drama The Littlest Girl and Adele Purvis Onri illuminated dances Day Night Tire and Water with balancing on a crystal globe Also Fore men and West in Their First Quarrel and more. Reserve seats days in advance due to high demand.
Last Tuesday night the theater opened to a full house for Little Miss Chicago. The production wowed audiences with unprecedented humor and was a grand success, earning praise for manager Clifford. The play is set in 1947 with Chicago as a growing republic and St Louis on the river’s west side. The show credits John D Gilbert and W R Goodale with the book and lyrics, with music by Gustav Luders.
The Alhambra Theatre will open Hanlon's Superba next Sunday night February 28. The show has been redesigned since last season with a dramatic escape scene from Wallalla's castle and a faithful bullfight finale. The production is said to be bigger and grander than before.
Hopkins next week presents an elaborate revival of Bronson Howard’s She Nandoah a military comedy drama with full scenic detail. The company includes Thrace Vinton Revel Germain Eugene Sweetland Herbert Chesley Sam Morris and others with Bessie Bonehill as a leading vaudeville attraction. The cast features soldiers and signal corps veterans from the original McVicker’s production and additional attractive program elements are promised.
Following the Weber and Fields show the Olympic Theater will present Hyde's specialty company from Hyde & Bohman Brooklyn. Telene Mora the phenomenal female baritone headlines a diverse bill with Mefmiuyre and Hlenth, the Newsboys' quarter, Phorne and Davie ton, the Sidmans, Menchin's Kineopticon, Kriesel's canine wonders, and Charles R. Sweet among other attractions.
The six day bicycle race continues to Saturday night with rising interest each hour. Spectators are urged not to miss the unique spectacle as races run morning and afternoon with very reasonable prices. The English island of Thanet is mostly chalk, about ten miles by five, with geologists estimating at least 42,000,000 tons of chalk in sight.
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